History Fanfic / Eugenesis

* WhamLine: "What's his name again?" "Tarantulus."

* AntiVillain: Soundwave, going off his characterization from the Marvel UK stories this is in a way a sequel to.

* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding/DownerEnding: The Autobots take back Cybertron and the Great War ends for good, but a lot of people are dead, and the incredibly fascistic Star Saber gets his hooks into the Autobots and will proceed to pervert everything they ever worked for. And Unicron's still in the Matrix.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, Tracks, Omega Supreme, Prowl, and Rewind.]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: The Autobots take back Cybertron, the Great War ends for good, but a lot of people are dead, and the incredibly fascistic Star Saber gets his hooks into the Autobots, and will proceed to pervert everything they ever worked for. And Unicron's still in the Matrix.]]

Trivia/{{Eugenesis}}

* FakeMemories: The Neogens were given these as a survival mechanism. Apparently one of them was given every fake memory possible. The Unnamed Autobot can't remember what it was. [[WhamLineKip, or Kap]], he thinks.

* SleeperAgents: The Neogens. And [[spoiler:Tarantulus.]]

** Newborns have these as well. The Autobots have improved on Prime Nova's old ideas. The new Neogens have brilliantly crafted false pasts of incredible depth and complexity. Such Neogens as [[spoiler:Tarantulas.]]

* UnPerson: Several Autobots protested against one of Star Saber's acts, and mysteriously "vanished".

* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:Optimus Prime utilises Frenzy, Thundercracker and the Sonic Canyons (known for their amplifying effect) to invoke this on the Quintesson army.]]

* MadeASlave: [[spoiler:What the Quintessons plan to do to the entire Cybertronian waste.]]

* AntiVillain: Soundwave, going off his characterization from the Marvel UK story this is in a way a sequel to.

* AteHisGun: Rung had posited Galvatron was likely to kill himself sooner or later. Soundwave briefly fears this is what's happened.

* BrainInAJar: All that's left of the Quintessons Sevax, Jolup and Ryknia.

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, Tracks, Omega Supreme, Prowl, and Rewind.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The Autobots take back Cybertron, the Great War ends for good, but a lot of people are dead, and the incredibly fascistic Star Saber gets his hooks into the Autobots, and will proceed to pervert everything they ever worked for. And Unicron's still in the Matrix.]]

* ContinuityPorn: There's a lot of backstory and nods, including to Primon, a character mentioned in one piece of work mentioned at a convention and then completely forgotten.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The last chapter opens with a report dated three hundred years ahead from [[TheDragon Greatshot]] to [[KnightTemplar Star Saber]], which foreshadows what happens at the end of the story, but also mentions downscaled bots who seem to have [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars animal-based alt-modes]].
** In the epilogue, the Autobots mention they sent a copy of the Autobot Code to Star Saber, who sent it back with highlighted 'alterations', a hint of what he'll do to the Autobots in the follow-up stories.

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Metroplex, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, Tracks, Omega Supreme and Prowl.]]

** [[spoiler:We're never told what exactly happens "Downstairs", and that's probably for the best.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Metroplex, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, Tracks, Hound, Omega Supreme and Prowl.]]

* HistoricalRapSheet: Sygnet has operated on several famous Decepticons throughout history.

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Metroplex, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, Tracks, Bluestreak, and Prowl.]]

** [[spoiler:We're never told what exactly happens "Downstairs", but no-one ever comes back.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Quantax decides that once New Quintxyia is settled, the Sharkticons will be recycled en-masse.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Wheelie's unique speech-pattern is speculated to be the result of reading Quintessonian religious texts. Ratchet apparently dismissed this as total coincidence.

** [[spoiler:New Quintyxia, even though there isn't an ''old'' Quintyxia, it's because it will be new beginning for the Quintessons.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Metroplex, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, Tracks and Prowl.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler:The origin of Primus and Unicron. They're either gods, or the result of a programming mess-up. Of course, the person who reveals the 'true origin' to us isn't the most trustworthy source around.]]

** "Ever since Unicron captured the Progenitors, we've been a warrior race."

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Springer goes from being a heroic Autobot to a junkie.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Springer dies of a drug overdose, but an out-of-control temporal portal brings him back to life. And his first thought is finding the next circuit booster.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The last chapter opens with a report dated three hundred years ahead from [[TheDragon Greatshot]] to [[KnightTemplar Star Saber]], which foreshadows what happens at the end of the story, but also mentions downscaled bots who seem to have [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars animal-based alt-modes]].

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Metroplex, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, and Prowl.]]

* Flanderization: An In-universe version. Sygnet sees Galvatron as the worst aspects of Megatron amplified a thousand-fold.

* BadBoss: Each side's stuck with crappy leaders. Galvatron's just sitting on his throne doing things that make sense only to him, Rodimus Prime is just vacillating, [[spoiler:and Xenon, lord of the Quintessons is perfectly willing to kill his own people if the mood suits him.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Several big name characters on both sides perish during this story, including [[spoiler: Bumblebee, Grimlock, Trypticon, Powerglide, Treadshot, Thunderclash, Metroplex, Sideswipe, Warpath, First Aid, Pipes, Motormaster, Wideload, Grand Slam, Rad, Rapido, Beastbox, Squawktalk, Sixshot, Kup, and Prowl.]]

* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: [[ComicBook/TheTransformers The Straxian Holocaust]], where [[AxCrazy Straxus]] killed a large swath of Cybertron's already depleted population for whatever reason he could find.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Motormaster. Prowl.]]